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STOVE TRUCK.

' Patented Feb. 21,1888.

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GUSTAVUS HESS, OF MONROEVILLE, OHIO.

STOVE-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,135, dated February 21, 1888.

Application filed March 26, 1887. Serial No. 232,506. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS Hnss, of illonroevillc, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Stove-Truck; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The improved adjustable stovetruck, on which to move cooking and heating stoves,relates to ajointed low frame-,which may be adjusted to stoves of diverse sizes, and provided with wheels or casters, the especial use of which is to remove a stove put thereon from place to place in the wareroorn or shop, and to facilitate the loading or unloading of the same, as the casemay require. The construction of said adjustable truck is substantially as follows, reference being had to the acconr panying drawings and specification, making part of the same, .in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the truck; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 also a plan view of the truck, but showing the same in a modified form.

The truck or frame above alluded to is arranged to admit of expansion and contraction, according to the size of the stove; and it con sists of two pairs of hinged or pivoted bars, whereof each bar is provided with a roller or caster underneath the free ends, as shown in Fig. 1. These bars are so constructed and arranged in relation to each other that the two bars or pairs can be united to form an adj ustable frame,to be placed under and adjusted to any size of stove, which stove, by means of the low rollers or casters attached to said bars, may be easily conveyed from one place to another.

In Figs. 1 and 2, A B and A. 13 represent the bars connected with and in relation to each other. It will be observed that the bars, respectively, are laid upon, pivoted, and fastened, one with the other, by means of the bolts 0 0, provided with heads on one and screwnuts on the other end. Other suitable means may be employed for that purpose. Inserted in or attached to the opposite or free end of the bars are the supports or bearings D for the rollers or casters E. Any similar device or combination thereof may be used for this end without departing from the nature of the invention.

It is intended that when this frame or truck is to be placed beneath the stove said stove should always and only. hear on the outer ends of theframe. For this purpose the bars at the ends are provided with projections and offsets a b and a I), so that, for instance, the end of the bar A which lies beneath the bar A will by means of the projection c be brought to a level or horizontal plane with A,and with the projection Z) of the lower bar, B, afford a level with the bar B. Likewise, the offsets a and Z) on the lower side of the bars A and 13, Figs. 1 and 2, bring the ends of the bars A B and A B to alevel on the under side, so that casters of like construction and size can be used in connection with them.

Figs. 2 and 3 show how this truck or frame may be arranged for different forms or sizes of 0 stoves. This is done by moving the bars A B and A B more or less in or under each other, thereby providing with their outer ends a greater or smaller area, or, in other words, adjust themselves for a larger or smaller stove. A change of form of this frame may also be effected by changing the angle 0 and d of the sides A B and A B, as seen in Fig. 3, which results in a general application of this truck for the purpose designed.

It has been stated that those parts of the stpve bearing down on the frame should always he at the ends thereof. In this instance the weight of the stove is directly transferred to the wheels or casters, which relieves the inner parts of the frame from the weight of the stove; hence no extra means are required to support the central part of the stove when on the truck. The described frame may be increased in size by the addition of sections,

which would merely form an aggregation of the construction already described.

I am aware that trucks with wheels and casters of various kinds have been known and used; therefore I do not claim them per se; but what distinguishes my invention is set forth in the following claim.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In an adjustable truck or frame for moving stoves, the combination oftwo pairs ofpivoted In testimony whereof I affix my signature in IO bars constructed to beinterposed between each presence of two Witnesses. other in such manner that the upper bar of one pair crosses over the lower bar of the other GUSTAVUS HESS. paigand vice versa, the lower bars, A B, having projections a I), and the upper bars, AB, I W'itnesses:

having offsets (L b, respectively, arranged to I W. H. B'URRIDGE,

operate conjointly, substantially as and for the purpose described. i

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